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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304462911 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304462913 Label: Wgbh Boston Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Wgbh Boston Release Date: March 28, 2000 Running Time: 60 minutes Sales Rank: 55901 Studio: Wgbh Boston
Description: Revisit the giant airships that ruled the skies, before the Hindenburg disaster dashed their promise, and find out how latter-day blimp builders are resurrecting those romantic lighter-than-air machines.
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I saw this back in 1991, it was originally titled "The Blimp Is Back". It has nothing to do with flying the blimp, but actually tells the resurgance in interest in blimps from the military to hopeless romantics building dirigibles. Features Roger Monk, the modern day version of Hugo Eckner. It's very good and entertaining. The first half deals with the early history of airships. The second with the modern era of blimps. There are more blimps flying today than ever before, but the military still isn't interested, and probably never will be.
